Facebook has announced it is creating a digital currency which is expected to be in flotation by the middle of 2020. Known as ‘Libra’ the currency will work the same as other cryptocurrencies using blockchain […]
Category: Political Economy
Robin Hood in Reverse – The Rise of Socialist Capitalism
Capitalism is dead, and we’ve allowed it to be replaced by something much worse; a system that systematically robs the poor to give to the rich. Not only that, statistics suggest we seem to do […]
Why a Labor loss is a loss for all Australians
Humans can be a strange bunch. Over the weekend we had our first opportunity in decades to elect an opposition party that was prepared to lay out a suite of policies aimed at taking Australia […]
What happens to student debt?
The Business of Universities: a three part report on the major issues facing the future of tertiary education in Australia. Part 1. What happens to student debt? The tertiary education system in Australia has undergone […]
Why aren’t Trumps tariffs praised by environmentalists?
We live in a world where printers are cheaper to buy than ink itself. This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, nor does many fragments of our global economy. The UK annually exports 24,000 […]
USA is racking in billions in marijuana industry.
In America 30 states as of 2018, have legalised marijuana in some form, whilst eight have fully legalised for recreational use. The legal marijuana industry in the United States was estimated to be worth over […]
Renewable energy can defeat ISIS
The following piece will firstly explore the origins of the conflict in Iraq, in particular the indicator that is oil and its relationship with America. Secondly, it will explain the current state of play which […]
Economic warfare has well and truly begun
Its official, the world now has economic warfare, and its due to the Trump administration. Which has been created through Trump implementing tariffs on all imports into the USA from China. Estimated to be worth […]
Ever wondered how money is created?
The way money is created in our modern society is through institutionalised banks handing out loans and then behaving as if that money was deposited. Thus inventing a liability! This method of creating money is […]
